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rejoice in goodness. (2 Chron. vi, 41.) Let thy way be known in all 

 the earth, thy saving health among all nations. 



''Grant that the course of tliis world may be so peaceably ordered by thv 

 governance, that thy Cyhurch may joyfully serve thee in all godly quiet- 

 ness ; that thy people may walk in the ways of truth and peace, and at 

 last he numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting. 



" Hearken, O Lord God, we beseech thee, to the prayers and supplica- 

 tions which we have now presented before thee. And let it be tliy good 

 pleasure to grant us our requests, whicli we offer in ttie name and through 

 the merits of thy son Jesus, and our Lord, to whom, with thee and the. 

 Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory: world without end. Amen. 



" There was then deposited in a cavity in the corner-stone a leaden 

 box, containing the following articles, viz: 



" The gold and silver coins of the United States; report of the Com- 

 mittee on Organization; Constitution of the United States; the New Tes- 

 tament; Declaration of Independence; Congressional Directory for 1S47; 

 bulletins of the National Institute; report of the first National Fair at 

 Washington; report of the United States agent appointed to receive the 

 legacy of James Smithson ; medal portrait of James Smithson ; reports of 

 the Commissioner of Patents; journal of the proceedings of the Board of 

 Regents, 1846; an engraved plate, with the following inscription: 



" On the 1st day of May, 1847, was laid, in the city of Washington, this 



" foundation-stone of a building to be appropriated 



" for the Smithsonian Institution; 



"FOUNDED BY EEaUEST OF JAMES SMITHSON, OF GREAT BRITAIN. 

 " James K. Polk, President of the United States. 



" Coriooration. 



'■'• President of the United States. 



'' Vice President of the United States. 



'' Secretary of War. 



" Secretary of the Treasury. 



" Secretary of State. 



" Secretary of the Navy. 



" Postmaster General. 



'■'■ Attorney General. 



'■'■ Chief Justice. 



'•'■ Commissioner of Patents. 



'' Mayor of the city of Washington. 



'■'■ Board of RegfAits. 



" George M. Dallas, Vice President. 



" Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice. 



" W. W. Seaton, Mayor of the City. 



"Lewis Cass, United States Senator. 



" James A. Pearce, United States Senator. 



"Robert Dale Owen, United States Representative. 



" William J. Hough, United States Representative. 



" Henry W. Hilliard, United States Representative. 



